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Jharal Yow Yeh set for return in Brisbane Broncos trial game in February

Fri 10 Jan 2014, 10:54 AM AEDT

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Brutal blow ... Yow Yeh's freak ankle injury has kept him out of the game even than longer than expected. Doctors said it was comparable to an injury sustained in a motorcycle accident.

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Former Kangaroos winger Jharal Yow Yeh will take the biggest step on his road back to the NRL when he plays in a Brisbane Broncos trial in February.

Yow Yeh did not say in which game he would play but looks in line for the first trial against North Queensland on February 8, almost two years after sustaining a horror ankle injury against the Rabbitohs in Perth.

"I know that I am getting one (trial). I'm not sure which one but I reckon that will take me up another level because it is another level of footy and it will just make me want it a bit more," Yow Yeh told NRL.com.

"I'm going to be able to put that jersey on again and that's the thing I most want, just to be able to put the Broncs jersey back on and run out with my mates that I love playing with.

"I probably took it a little bit for granted that I was playing for the Broncos but now, every chance that I do get this year if I do play for the Broncos, I'm going to give it everything I've got.

"This year is definitely the year for me and I'm not going to let anyone try and take it away from me.

I know that I am getting one (trial). I'm not sure which one but I reckon that will take me up another level.

Jharal Yow Yeh

"I want that number five jersey again," he added.

But Yow Yeh's return to his spectacular form is still not a done deal.

After eight operations and 22 months out of the game, the limping one-time Maroons star still struggles to make it through training sessions.

He has never been far from the club throughout his lengthy lay-off, attending many games and doing a raft of community work. He was named the Broncos' 2013 clubman of the year.

"Without sugar-coating it, the injury he's had was a lot worse than mine," former Bronco Scott Prince, who had more than his share of serious leg injuries, said.

"But just his attitude towards the game and towards the club, he really puts the club and the boys first.

"That's one thing that I was really impressed with in the 12 months that I spent at the Broncs, that he still loves the game and he still wants to get back to being the best that he can be.

"He inspires a lot of people, not necessarily just players but everyone involved with the club and in rugby league in general."

Last year, Yow Yeh packed into the forwards a number of times for Norths Devils in the third-tier FOGs tournament.